Neck pain from desks, phones, sleep and old injuries
Stiffness, a neck that will not turn, and pain that creeps into the shoulders or sends headaches.
What is neck pain?
The neck carries the weight of the head through seven small vertebrae and is asked to look down at screens for hours a day. Neck pain can come from the joints, discs and muscles of the cervical spine, from posture, from sleep position, or from an old injury such as whiplash that was never fully assessed. It is one of the most common reasons people from Meridian and across the Treasure Valley come to see us.
Why does it keep coming back?
Neck pain is often the first place a nervous system under load shows itself, and it is closely tied to headaches and to tension across the shoulders. Looking at the neck on its own usually misses part of the picture.
How we look at it at Bonfire
The first visit is the same careful process whatever brought you in: a nerve scan with a chiropractic assistant, then your history, a thorough exam with the doctor, and X-rays the same day. Visit two is the report of findings, where you hear what was found and what care could look like, before your first adjustment.
What does care involve?
After the exam and imaging, care involves specific, gentle adjustments to the segments the findings point to, with corrective exercise for posture and movement patterns.
Two minutes from the doctors
In a patient's words
I started coming in with headaches, numbness, lots of pain in my upper neck and back. … Numbness disappeared, headaches went away, pain gone, energy back. … I feel like I have my life back.
Sadie D., patientIndividual results vary. Care is based on your own exam.
Questions about neck pain
Will my neck be cracked?
Not necessarily. Instrument-assisted techniques such as Torque Release use a light impulse, and the approach is matched to you and your findings.
Can neck pain cause headaches?
Headaches are frequently connected to the neck. See our headaches and migraines page.
I was in a car accident months ago. Is it related?
It can be. Whiplash strains the ligaments of the neck and symptoms can persist or appear late. Tell the doctor about any collision, however minor.
This page is general education, not medical advice. Individual results vary. Talk with a qualified healthcare provider about your own situation, and never stop a prescribed medication without speaking to the doctor who prescribed it.